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PORTLAND, Ore. – Officers shot and killed Sunday a man armed
with a knife who suggested he had an explosive device, the
Portland Police Bureau said.
The incident happened shortly before 10 a.m. at a building in
downtown's Pearl District, police said. Officers were called to
the building in response to reports of a disturbance caused by a
man with a knife.
When officers arrived, they saw a man and a woman in the
stairwell of the building, police said. The woman appeared to be
injured.
Officers tried to talk with the man and used less lethal force
before the shots were fired, police said. The man died at the
scene, said police, who did not release the man's age or
identity.
The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment of her
injuries. No officers were injured, police said.
The bureau's Explosive Disposal Unit determined there was not an
explosive at the scene.
Mike Connors, a lawyer who works in the building, told
Oregonlive/The Oregonian that he was arriving at work Sunday
morning when he heard people arguing in a stairwell. Connors
said he called 911 and yelled into the stairwell that he had
done so.
He said he heard a man's voice shout back, "I have a knife, a
bomb and a hostage. Bring it on."
Connors told the newspaper that he left to wait for police to
arrive and didn't witness the subsequent shooting. "I was kind
of in shock," he said.
Portland Police Homicide Detectives and the Multnomah County
District Attorney's Office are investigating.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-police-shoot-man-with-knife- in-downtown-building
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